Cyrus Langhorne
Former G.O.O.D. Music artist Kid Cudi has stepped forward to speak out on rap mogul Kanye West calling for an end to the Apple Music and TIDAL streaming war.
Cudder went to Twitter Sunday (July 31) and appeared to co-sign Ye’s stance.
This past weekend, Kanye went on a mini-Twitter tirade and suggested Apple Music should work with TIDAL head Jay Z.
In June, reports developed about Apple possibly looking into buying Jay’s TIDAL service.
Apple is exploring the idea of bringing on Tidal to bolster its Apple Music service because of Tidal’s strong ties to popular artists such as Kanye West and Madonna. The talks are ongoing and may not result in a deal, these people said. Terms of the potential deal aren’t known. (Wall Street Journal)
Some reports suggested Jay Z’s name attached to TIDAL could be a huge factor in the potential deal going down.
Tidal has about 4 million paying subscribers, according to the WSJ. (For context, Apple Music has 15 million.) Those can’t automatically be moved over to Apple Music, but Apple should be able to persuade many of them to come over. It has whatever Jay-Z brings to the table for consumer marketing and artist relationships. (Recode)
